[MUD-Dev2] [DESIGN] Is photorealism the goal? ( was Ray traced environments)

[Keith Dunwoody]

On 4/23/07, Jeffrey Kesselman <jeffpk at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/17/07, Jeffrey Kesselman <jeffpk at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Some developers have experimented with a
> > sort of procedural or situational depth-of-field.  This *can* work
> > under some circumstances, but it should be used judiciously
>
> Sounds annoying as heck under most situations 8)

One of the recent Myst games used this.  Whatever your mouse was
pointing at would be in focus.  It actually worked pretty well due to
the nature of the game.  On the other hand, the effect worked so well it
was hardly noticeable after the initial "that's neat", so it might have
been a waste of developer effort.